Mechanical movement.



D. K. WILSON.

MEGHANIGAL MOVEMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 27.1908.

Patented June 22, 1909 n m y z W Y fi w M Y B nn v NI ED STATES PATENT DFFICE.

DALTON K. WILSON, or wATEaLoo, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM GALLOWAY COMPANY,

OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, race.

Application filed April 27, 1908. Serial No. 429,380.

, My invention rc ates to improvements in 1 mechanical movements, and the ob ect of my improvement is to furnish, in that class of manure spreadrs which have a movable conveyor-a ron driven b a pawl-andratchet mec anism actuated by the rotatable shaft of the beater-drum, a resilient connection intermediate between the said pawl-andratchet device and an adjusting-lever pivotally connected to the spreader-box. object I'have attained by-the means which are hereinafter'described and claimed, and which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figu' e 1 is a side elevation of such a pawland-ratchet driving mechanism with its actuating \means, and adjusting-lever, and with vmy\ resilient connection located operatively between said lever and saidpawland ratchet-driving means. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the bifurcated bell-crank lever actuated by said means. I

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The pawl-and-ratchet driving mechanism and its adjusting means is shown as dissociated from the wagon-box and movable conveyer-apron of a manure-spreader. The rotatable shaft 2 may be located at one end of a wagon-box containin a movable conveyer-apron, the latter driven by sprocketwheels and chains connected to theaprom shaft 32. .The adjusting-lever 25'may be pivoted at the orifice 29 in its lower end to the forward part of the Wagon-box on the same side as the mechanism shown.

The numeral 31 designates a ratchetwheel secured to the end of the shaft 32 on the same side of the spreader as said lever, and a beater-drum 1 is also secured on the other transverse shaft 2, with a cam-wheel 3 secured on the latter shaft on the same side as the said ratchet-wheel.

A bell-crank lever havin substantially horizontal and vertical mem ers is pivoted at their angle of junction on a stud 14 proecting from the spreader-box into its bear-v ing-orifice 36. As shown imFig. 2, this lever This ! has a forwardlyprojecting Weight 33 adapted to balance the heavy horizontal member, which thus )revents excessive vibration of the latter w en the machine is jolting over i rough roads or lum y fields. The horizontal member of the bel -crank lever isbifurcated i into two apart, an

medial location at 35 to provide bearings, first, for the pintles 5 of ananti-frlction arallel parts 6 and 37, s aced r 1 iroller 4, and second, for the prntles 7 of a i orificed at'their ends am in a driving-pawl 10. The space between the parts 6 and 37 extends forward beyond the stud 14, and the awl 13 is ivoted on said stud within said space. his bell-crank lever is so suspended that its anti-friction roller 4 is pro contacted an the lever itself oscillated by the cam-wheel 3, while the awls 10 and 13 carried by said lever are at apted to operatively engage the teeth of the ratchet-Wheel 31. the pawl 13 as a holding-pawl. In order to keep the said pawls down so that they may not lift up away from the teeth of said ratchet-wheel but be compelled to click back thereover so as to be at all times ready for service, I have contrived resilient means for effecting that purpose. This consists of a tension-spring 34'connected between an orifice 9 in a lug 8 on the pawl 10 below the latters pivot, and the orifice 11 in another lug or arm 12 extending as an independent member of a bell-crank lever; from the pawl 13 above the latters )ivot 14. The tension thereby produced will draw upon both pawls so as to keep their ends down in contact with said ratchet-wheel.

The vertical member 15' of the bell-crank lever hasan orificed bearing 16 at its upper end adapted to receive slidably therethrough the rear-end of the connecting-rod 17, the forward end of said connecting-rod being threaded so as to be adjustably secured by the nuts 22 and 23 to a swivel-connection 24 on the hand-lever 25. The hand-lever 25 has a stud which can be sprung into an one being secured to the spreader-box by fastening-means assed through the orifices 26 and 27. In or er to limit the play of the orificed member 15 upon the rod 17 I have adopted the following-described resilient connectingmeans.

The numeral 19 designates a slide-piece rly located to be operatively The pawl 10 acts as a driving-pawl, and

01' the orifices 30 in the rack-bar 28, the atter the rod -17. Between such members, just anterior to the orificed member 15, a split- {airing of the parts.

key 21 is inserted in a hole extending through said rod 17, and between said spht-keyand the rearmost member of 19 a washer 20 and a spiral spring 18 is mounted about said rod,

so that said s ring 18 may be compressed between the sp it-key and washer on one side and the said rearmost member on the other, when the member 15 resses forward against such slide-piece, or w ien the-adjusting-lever 25 is used to thrust back the rod 17 to cause the slide-pieceto push upon the member 15. When the adjusting-lever 25 is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the members of the bellcrank lever are actuated by the cam-wheel 3 to the fullest extent, as indicated .by the dotted lines. Since the rod 17 is fixed,- the spring 18 is somewhat compressed at each forward movement of the member 15, and the spring-acts as a cushion alleviating the \Vhen the adjustingever 25 is thrown back to a greater extent, the resilient slide-piece 19 pushes back the member 15, thus limiting its play, as well as the play of the forks6 and 37, and the stroke of the driving-pawl 10 is correspondingly decreased in extent, which slows up the motion of the shaft 32 and its connected conveyorapron. The interposed spring 18, however, when an adjustment of the rod 17 is made,

.by its resiliency prevents asudden jar upon the moving parts of the pawl-and-ratehet device, and thus obviates breakage, and renders the change of adjustment smooth and gradual while the change of speed is being ell'ccted through the medium of the ratchet? wheel 31.

It will be observed that the s ring. 34

- which is connected between the paw' s10 and 1 3 is sloped in position to the rear, This degree of slope is fixed insuch an amount, that the pull of the spring upon the pawl 10 is eflicient in two ways. The tension efiected not only causes the pawl 10 to be held down sufficiently so as not-to lift entirely away from the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 31, but on ac-' count of the location of such pawl overhanging the rear side of the wheel, the spring also has enough upward pull upon the pawl to cause it to lift and quickly move out and away from the roots of the teeth as it starts up with the upwardly moving lever arms 6 and 37. The spring 34 furthermore has another use, which is, to aid in lifting the members 6 and 37'- to keep them in. a position where the roller 4 will at all times be in operative contact with the working edge 01' the cam-Wheel 3 according to adjustment, This .is due to the pull of said spring from its point of connection 11 at such. an angle as will tend to lift upon said members. The relative location and direction (2." t 'e spring 34 is there means for oscillating said swinging-lever, a

driving-pawl adapted to engage the teeth of said ratchet-wheel and be actuated by said swinging-lever, a holding-pawl, and a resilient connection between said driving-and holding-pawls adapted to keep them in contact with said ratchet-wheel to .click back thereo-ver when said swinging-lever is recip- 'rocated, and resilient adjusting-means for varying .the scope of. movement of said.-

swinging-lever as desired.

2. In combination, a ratchet-wheel secured to a rotatable shaft, aswinging-lever,. means for oscillatmg said swingingdever, av

driving-pawl adapted to operatively engage the teeth of said ratchet-wheel and ivoted to and actuated by said swinging-ever, a hand-lever provided with means for adjustment, a connecting-rod having a pivotal connection with said hand-lever and a slidable connection with said swingingdever, a lug on said connecting-rod, a sliding-frame on said rod inclosing said lug, a resilient body en-' gaged between said lug and sliding-frame, said sliding-frame ada ted to contact with said swinging-lever at t e point of its slidable connection with said rod to permit the handlever to resiliently adjust the scope of move ment of said swinging-clever. i

3. In combination, a ratchet-wheel, a swinging-lever, means for oscillat ng said' swinging-lever, a driving-pawl and a holding- 1 pawl, the driving-pawl pivotally, secured. to

said swinging-lever, and both pawls ada ted to engage the teeth'of said ratchet-whee re silient means so connected between said pawls as to cause them to click back over the teethof said ratchet-wheel, and to lift the 110 driving-pawl from between such teethwhen said lever is moving in one direction. a

4. In combination, a ratchet-wheel, a swinging-lever, actuating means for oscillating said lover, a driving-pawl pivotally connected to said lever and adapted to engage the teeth of said ratchet-wheel, resilient means for keeping said lever in operative en-- gagement with its said actuating means, said resilient means also being adapted to cause i said driving-pawl to lift from between the teeth of said ratchet-wheel and click back thereon when said lever is moving in one direction.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 9th day of April, 1908. e e DALTON K. WILSON Witnesses:

O. 1). YOUNG, G. G. KENNEDY. 

